2018 Cross Country Roster

Mike Schnelle, Slippery Rock University

Grant Colligan

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Holt, Mich.
  • Highschool Holt
  • Major Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2018: USTFCCCA All-America ... Finished 17th at NCAA Championships ... USTFCCCA South Central Athlete of the Year ... NCAA Regional Champion ... USTFCCCA All-Region ... USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Oct. 22) ... CoSIDA Third-Team Academic All-America ... CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... RMAC Preseason Runner of the Year ... Preseason All-RMAC ... Raced in three of Mines' five competitions ... Took individual gold at two of three races ... Best 8K performance of 24:56.4 at the Rock Pre-Nationals ... Top 10K time of 30:31.9 at the NCAA Regional Championships.

2017: USTFCCCA All-America ... Finished 5th at NCAA Championships, the highest finisher ever by an Oredigger ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Runner of the Year ... RMAC Academic Runner of the Year ... Won the RMAC Championship meet with a 24:59 run ... USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week (Oct. 23) ... USTFCCCA All-Region ... First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC First-Team All-Academic ... Preseason All-RMAC ... Competed in five events for the Orediggers ... Placed 6th at the South Central Regional Championships, running the 10K in 31:00.8 ... Recorded five top-10 individual finishes over the course of the season.

2016: First-Team All-RMAC … Ran in three events … Was eighth in the Colorado College Invitational … Placed fourth to lead Mines in winning its first ever RMAC Championships title … Was part of Mines’ third-place NCAA Championships squad, placing 54th overall.

2015: USTFCCA All-American… Second Team All-RMAC… four-time scoring runner with one top-10 finish… finished 33rd of 246 (30:24.9) at NCAA Championships to earn All-American honors and lead Mines to first National Championship in school history… finished 37th out of 164 at NCAA DII South Central Region Championships (31:39.1)… placed 15th at RMAC Championships (25:27.8)… took 42nd at Chile Pepper Festival (24:43.1)… opened season at Colorado College Invitational with 10th-place finish (26:07).

2014: Redshirted. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of Holt High School in Holt, Michigan.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

  • 2015Redshirt Freshman

  • 2016Redshirt Sophomore

  • 2017Redshirt Junior

  • 2018Redshirt Senior